The shogun's sword tester and executioner is a position of consummate skill and great prestige. While the feared Yamada "Decapitator" Asaemon holds the post, another sword master seeks the office, and this election can be won by only a single vote-cast in steel and certified in blood! Collects stories from volume 3 and all of volumes 4 and 5 of previous Dark Horse editions.

o Nearly 800 pages, value priced.

"Fully in keeping with the classic imagery of Koike and Kojima."-Blogcritics